About Miriam
Miriam Reeves is a licensed clinical social worker who draws on a mix of practical therapies to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and relationship concerns. She brings 13 years of experience in mental health settings and focuses on clear, usable steps people can take between sessions.
Miriam holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and also lists LISW-CP as part of her professional background. She spent a decade working in outpatient care for people facing addiction and co-occurring mental health issues.
Background and approach
That hands-on work shapes how she approaches challenges now - by breaking problems into smaller parts and teaching skills that fit daily life. Miriam uses cognitive-behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thinking patterns and acceptance-based tools to help people live more in line with their values.
Attachment-based ideas inform how she looks at relationship and intimacy concerns, and she borrows techniques from client-centered work to keep sessions focused on each person’s needs. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are also part of her toolbox for managing strong emotions and building coping skills. She mixes approaches to suit the individual rather than following a single script.
Miriam works with a broad range of concerns including parenting stress, caregiver strain, ADHD, career shifts, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing abandonment issues, family of origin problems, and life changes like divorce or aging-related stress. Her style is straightforward and warm.
Sessions aim to increase awareness, reduce barriers, and build small, achievable changes. Miriam helps people move toward clearer goals while learning how to handle setbacks along the way.
How therapy approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take small actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes where clarity about priorities matters.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related routines, and developing practical strategies to manage daily stress.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current reactions. It can help with intimacy issues, communication problems, abandonment concerns, and family of origin wounds.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Miriam will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs. She typically combines elements from different approaches so the plan fits the individual rather than forcing a single method.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow for face-to-face conversation and guided skills practice. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth or screen time is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, skill reminders, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, family, and caregiving schedules while working with a licensed professional.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina
- Languages
- English